Weathervane

Weathervane provides access to RFF's research on the environmental and economic aspects of climate change. Weathervane signals developments and directions in climate policy in the United States and around the world.


	RGGI Auction Design An addendum to the report "Auction Design for Selling CO2 Emissions and Allowances Under the Greenhouse Gas Initiative" contains new findings and reactions to submitted comments.
	Paving the Way for U.S. Climate Leadership Nigel Purvis, a former senior U.S. climate negotiator and current RFF visiting scholar, recommends that the United States negotiate climate change executive agreements rather than Kyoto-style treaties.
	RFF in ClimateWire A recent ClimateWire piece covers the "safety valve" concept in CO2 emissions trading first developed by RFF's Ray Kopp, Billy Pizer, and Richard Morgenstern. More recent contributions by Pizer and RFF's Joe Aldy are also discussed.
	"Climate Change: A Global Problem Requiring a Global Solution. Or Not.." Kathleen McGinty, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and former chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, discussed the ability of existing approaches- such as carbon taxes, cap and trade, and corn-based ethanol- to address climate change.
	How Much to Stabilize our Climate? Senior Fellow Billy Pizer and Rich Richels of the Electric Power Research Institute discuss the results and implications of a recent study by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program.